Constructing Nationalism in Iran - 9781138213227

Taylor & Francis

Constructing Nationalism in IranFrom the Qajars to the Islamic Republic\nAuthor(s): Meir Litvak\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138213227, 978-1138213227\nSynopsis\nNationalism has played an important role in the cultural and intellectual discourse of modernity that emerged in Iran from the late nineteenth century to the present, promoting new formulations of collective identity and advocating a new and more active role for the broad strata of the public in politics. The essays in this volume seek to shed light on the construction of nationalism in Iran in its many manifestations; cultural, social, political and ideological, by exploring on-going debates on this important and progressive topic.